Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1887-02-17
Had His Mind Read.
Detroit Free Press

Il suppose has >hw indlcd some more.
sorrowfuIly remarked Mr.. Duuder, A. he
paid visit to Sergeant Bcndall yc>tcr-
day.
Not a doubt of it. What's your
storv>"
do you pellet dot man can read some
body's mindH
We'll I've heard Of mind readers"
so haS Shake, una he goes crazy
aboudt it, He yhas going to be mind
reader, if it takes all winter, He prac-
tice lecdlc on me, und has aston
i,hed."
But about this >windlc:"
Well, two mans come in my place last
night when | va all alone. Nhas | Carl
Dun,icr. yhas All right. one OF dot
pair yhas mind reader, nnd he like to gif
me some points. lie doan do it by efery-
pody. but vhas such a friendt Of der
poor dot he like to oblige me. Vheil, Ser
geant, dot seems all right und We lock
der door und >ot down. vha> plindfold-
cd nit a handkerchief, und der mind read
er says
Now, Mr.. Dunder, you fix Your mind
on some subject shu>t SO hardt as you can
und keep awful shtill II you take dot
pandage off or shump aroundt dot prcaks
me all oOp.
"Vhen Sergeant, fix my mind on dot
time | fall of my parn on Hastings street,
und maype two minutes goes by und
nobody shpeaks to me Den der oldt
woman comes down shtar> und / take OF
der pandage Dose mans vhas gone
And what else
Two boxes Of cigars und tfe pottlc> Of
whisky. Vha> ii a >hwindle on me:'
Il should smile, Mr.. Dunder you are
very soft"
Sergeant look in my eye, | yha. 20
ing home. Tonight somepody Will drop
in Vhas | Carl Dunder! | vhas.
All right, Mr.. Dundcr, | like to
read-!"
Yes"
dot vhas all, Sergeant. If some in
quest vhas heldt you remember dot yhas
a shwindled man, und dot | kildt him in
self-defcnce"'
Passing over the Maine Central to
Augusta the other day we were pleased to
notice the great Improvement in heating
the cars accomplished by the Introduction
of the Sewall Steam Heater with which
experiments are being made upon Con-
ductor John Jewett's train and giving such
entire satisfaction. A short description
of the system cannot fail to be interesting.
Under the floor of each car fitted for
steam-heating by this process, is an iron
pipe packed in abestos. These pipes are
connected by automatic couplings, so that
a current of steam is taken from the boil
er of the locomotive and carried through
the train. The steam retains uniform
temperature of 2l2 deg +. If it should
fall below that temperature, it would cease
to be steam. In the middle Of each car is
a valve by which a sufficient amount of
steam is drawn off into pipes running
around the sides of the car to keep the
temperature of the air about 20 degrees.
The circulation of each car is thus regu-
lated independently, and the valve may be
worked by a brakeman as easily and safe
ly as a radiator is managed in parlOr.
Two questions arise at this point. l.
Does the steam drawn off for this pur-
pose affect the pulling power of the loco
motive? Not perceptibly. In the severest
weather this winter, the valve which Ii
berates the steam from the boiler has
been opened only a fraction of a turn. A
pin-hole in the boiler would furnish all the
steam used in heating three cars, and
more. 2. Can the steam be carried eff
fectually through long trains? Steam
power is transmitted through long pipes,
and steam heat goes wherever steam pow
er goes. The company have no doubt on
this point, but 1t must be established, of
course, by actual experiment. When it is, a
revolution i'll the method of heating rail-
way cars must follow. The new method not
only puts an end to the confiagrations
which now follow railroad accidents in
winter, but furnishes a more equable and
more agreeable heat than the obnoxious
stoves.-M. Desert Herald